He is one of the world’s richest men with a treasure chest of property
stretching from London to Beijing, three wives and 24 children. Now, the
Emir of Qatar has added to his collection of islands by buying another six
in the Ionian sea.

Bought for a reported sum of €8.5 million, Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
purchased the first, Oxia, an uninhabited island, last year, after mooring
his yacht in the clear waters off the islands four years ago. But he has now
struck a deal for another five, in the Echinades.